Gil Voigt, a teacher at Fairfield Freshman School, has 10 days to request a hearing before the school board or a referee, after telling a black male student, “We do not need another black president” after the student said he would like to become president.

According to a report from the school’s superintendent the incident occurred on Dec. 3, and several other students were witnesses. Voigt was previously disciplined in 2008 for making racially insensitive comments and for using school technology improperly.

“We intend to uphold board policies and to hold teachers accountable for the essential functions of the teacher job description,” Martin said.

Oh yes white Teachers always try to discourage black students from Dreaming Big! one of them told my friend that she will never make it as a doctor-now she Is a Doctor!! they are Jealous and have no business teaching.

Teacher Kurt

It is a teacher’s job to encourage students in their goals. If a white student says, “I want to be President when I grow up,” it would be bigoted to tell them that, “We don’t need any more White presidents.” It is equally bigoted to say the same thing to an African American child. Yes, fire this bigoted teacher. This is not his first bigoted comment or incident with students, it is his fourth. Fire this bigoted teacher. No one thought Obama, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, or Clinton would grow up to be President, but they were all encouraged by their teachers to work towards and follow their dreams. That’s what teachers are supposed to do. I’m a teacher, and that’s what I do….